Anubrata Mondal News
The meeting of Trinamool MPs with Anubrata has drawn criticism from the Left and the BJP.
Rahul Sinha, a BJP leader, claimed that Trinamool "made Anubrata a hero."
Sujan Chakraborty, a leader of the left, said, "Anubrata has revealed 25% only."
After Anubrata Mondal, the ED detained his daughter, Sukanya Mondal, as part of the investigation into cow smuggling.
Anubrata spoke up about it at Rouse Avenue Court. He said, "It was unfair to arrest her."
Currently, both the father and daughter are detained at Tihar Jail.
The ED had summoned Sukanya Mondal to its headquarters here several times to question her in connection with the cattle smuggling scam, but she avoided the summons.
Speaking to mediapersons on the latest development, West Bengal minister Sashi Panja clearly said that the issue involving a district president of Trinamool is a "petty matter".
Sukanya Mondal, her driver Tufan Midda and non-teaching staff of Labpur College in Birbhum district, Vijay Rajak were asked to appear before the ED in the national capital on March 20, the ED official said.
A source in the know of things said the ED has already issued summons to Sukanya Mondal to appear at the ED office in Delhi.
ED has recently brought TMC leader Anubrata Mondal to Delhi after arresting him in a money laundering case revolving around cattle smuggling case.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is in a dire need of solutions to all of these issues related to cow smuggling.
As the officers questioned him, Birbhum's Trinamool president sobbed.
ED sources claimed that on the first day of questioning, Anubrata, whose power was once well known to all, collapsed.
Anubrata Mondal was allotted the middle seat on the Vistara flight, with two ED officers occupying the seats on either side. A total of three ED officers and one medical official are accompanying Mondal in the flight.
Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal will be flown to Delhi by ED for questioning in connection with a cattle smuggling case.
West Bengal Cattle Smuggling Case: TMC ‘Bahubali’ Anubrata Mondal is under the CBI scanner for his alleged role in the inter-state cattle smuggling scam.
WB cattle smuggling case: A division bench of Calcutta High Court, comprising Justices Joymalya Bagchi and AK Gupta rejected the bail plea, maintaining that the court is not inclined to grant the prayer at this stage.
Speculation is rife that he might be joining BJP at a public meeting in Nalhati, which will be attended by the leader of the opposition in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari.
Kolkata, Dec 20 (PTI) Facing criticism over the arrest of several party leaders in corruption cases, senior TMC MP Sougata Roy on Tuesday claimed that 98 per cent of "our workers are honest and upright", and the leadership has already taken action against the "two per cent rotten apples".
The ED sought permission for a production warrant to bring Anubrata to Delhi for questioning.
However, the court postponed the verdict after the hearing.
The court announced the verdict on Monday.
Although Mondal`s counsel and senior advocate Kapil Sibal moved his bail plea in connection with the multi-crore cattle smuggling scam in West Bengal, the CBI counsel sought more time to present his argument in the matter.
After Anubrata Mondal refused to accept and sign the arrest memo after being arrested by the ED, the central agency made an appeal to the Rouse Avenue Court in New Delhi for transit remand to take Mondal to the national capital.
Anubrata Mondal was questioned on several matters related to the transaction in the cow smuggling case.
But he did not answer any questions properly.
The ED sources claimed that Anubrata was arrested on the charge of non-cooperation in the investigation.
Anubrata Mondal's lottery winnings came to the notice for the first time in January.
At that time Anubrata's name and picture appeared on the website of a popular lottery organization of the state.
Anubrata himself, however, never admitted to winning the lottery.
According to CBI sources, a lottery was bought in 2019.
10 lakh rupees for this award went to the account of Anubrata Mondal.
After that, Sukanya Mondal won the prize by buying lottery tickets in two rounds.
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